Review: The
Many Reasons of Christmas Pt. 1 - Sin
Point
1:
The reason for Christmas is God’s quid pro quo.
Point 2: The reason for Christmas is it
takes away the loneliness. Matthew 1:23
Point 3: The reason for Christmas it
reveals the real you. Luke 2:9
Point 4: The
reason for Christmas is it brings joy. Luke 2: 10
The
Many Reasons of Christmas Pt 2 - Love
Point
1: God is in Charge of Love. Vs 7, 8
3:1 7
Point
2: You cannot get away from
Gods Love. Eph 3: 18, 19
Point
3: God’s love takes away our sin. Vs
9,10 (TLB)
Point
4:
Love is a verb. Vs 11, 12
The
Many Reasons for Christmas Part 3 Five Reasons to Forgive
Point
1:
Forgiveness promotes contrition. vs. 26
Point 2:
Forgiveness cancels debt – vs. 24, 27
Point
3: Forgiveness corrects the community. Vs. 30-32
Point
5:
Forgiveness sets you free.
Life
Application:
Heavenly Father, _________ has taken
_____ from me. I have held on to this
debt long enough. I choose to cancel
this debt. _________ doesn’t owe me
anymore. Just as you forgave me, I
forgive ____________.
1. Determine
what they owe you.
2. The
debt cannot be repaid so cancel it.
3. Apologies
promises and restitutions cannot erase an experience.
4. Forgiveness
is a verb and act of your will not your feelings.
5. Ignore
the rattling chains.
Sermon Text: John 3:16 Living Bible (TLB) 16 For God loved the
world so much that he gave his only Son so that anyone who believes in
him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Point 1:
Generosity breaks the hold of stinginess Matthew
5:40-42 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your
coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles.
42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to
borrow from you.
Matthew 6:2-3, 24 - 2 “So when
you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do
in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others…3 But when you
give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is
doing, 24 “… or you will be devoted to the one and despise the
other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Point 2:
Giving prioritize your life Matthew 16:26For what will it profit a
man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give
in return for his soul?
Point 3:
Giving puts others first John 15:13 NLT
There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
a)
Prov. 11:24 NLT - 24 Give freely and
become more wealthy; be stingy and lose everything.
b)
b) Prov.
21:13 NLT - 13 Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor will be
ignored in their own time of need.
c)
Prov 28:27 NLT - 27 Whoever gives to
the poor will lack nothing,
but those who close their eyes to poverty will be cursed.
Point 4:
Giving pays it forward Matt 6:19-20NLT 19 “Don’t store up treasures
here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves
break in and steal. 20 Store your treasures in heaven, where
moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.
Luke 16:9-11 9 I tell you, use
worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you
will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. 10 “Whoever can be trusted with very
little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little
will also be dishonest with much. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in
handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?
Point 5:
Giving makes us more godly John 3:16 MESSAGE - 16-18 “This is how
much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is
why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a
whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son
merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came
to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted;
anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence
without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the
one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.
Life application
1. I will
be more generous with my life by giving my life to Jesus
2. I will
be more generous with my time by registering for lifegroups
today.
3. I will
be more generous with my money by giving to the generosity
matching today.
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